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9 Songs is a 2004 British film, directed by Michael Winterbottom. The title refers to the nine songs played by eight different rock bands that complement the story of the film.

The film was controversial on its original release due to its sexual content, which included unsimulated footage of the two leads having sexual intercourse and performing oral sex as well as a scene of ejaculation. The release sparked a debate over whether scenes of unsimulated sex artistically contribute to the film's meaning or overstep the border into pornography. Nonetheless, the film received an 18 certificate from the British Board of Film Classification and became the most explicit mainstream film to be so rated in that country. Despite intense lobbying to keep it out of cinemas, the film was passed uncut at R18 for general release in New Zealand by the Office of Film and Literature Classification. In Australia, the Office of Film and Literature Classification gave the film an X rating which would have prevented the film being shown theatrically and restricted sale of the film to the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. The OFLC Review Board later passed the film with an R rating.

Plot summary

The movie tells the modern love story of a young couple: Matt, a climatologist, and Lisa, an American exchange student. The story is framed in a personal review from Matt's perspective when he goes for a trip to the Antarctic. Their main common interest is a passion for live music and they frequently attend rock concerts together; the film depicts the couple, or Matt alone, watching nine songs at these concerts. Lisa brings their short and intense relationship to an end when she returns home to America.

The nine songs

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Whatever happened to my rock and roll and Love burns
Von Bondies, C'Mon, C'Mon
Franz Ferdinand, Jacqueline
Primal Scream, Movin' on up
Dandy Warhols, The Last High
Super Furry Animals, Slow life
Michael Nyman, Nadia
Elbow, Fallen angel

Main cast

Kieran O'Brien — Matt
Margo Stilley
— Lisa

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Movies - 9 Songs

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The nine songs

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